Pull-chain pendant



Sept. 15, 1925.

W. E- SWANSON PULL CHAIN PENDANT Filed April 12. 1923 Patented Sept. 15, 1925.

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IUZDIPCH AIN I mma -aim A ni112,., 923. Serial No; 631,712, I

T'o-alLwkom it l a at, W nnie-ME. Swan soma ci izen ofthe United States,,a d a esident. of Weehawken, in the-coun y .1 nd. see of. New l sey, have in ventedfqertain new, and useful, Improvemea s in. aPull-Qha n Bendant, of which the foll o'wi'ng is a fnll, clear, andexact de sari tie is invention an t a-instomar a-in i provemen s n pull 6. ,ainpendant f r lec tric, lamp, fixtures, a d. h 'liket nd has for.

its principalr object. ta -provide, for, a. luminou rmmal aba snsp ndedimm f and? of a. pendant chem: whereby th same may en adily atinig t i dark Jv m h v 9 1M it em ent n to proide for a pen ant. t rminalas ha acter- 834139116. which; will: be ext eme yneat.

and attractive in appearance, as well as usetul in; assuring; positive grip of the hand of'a person during the manipulation of the pendant for the accomplishment of its intended purposes, and which is capable of being readily and easily attached to any.

of the usual forms of flexiblepull devices.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides in the certain new and useful construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, set forth in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a preferred embodiment of the pendant terminal,

Figure 2 is an edge elevation thereof,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of the pendant terminal, and showing the pull chain attachment loop formation at the juncture of the lens clamping band, with the closure cap for the attachment loop removed therefrom,

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 44 of Figure 1, 5

Figure 5 is a fragmentary edge view of the lens clamping band, and showing the outer end of the'pull chain attachment loop thereof in plan, and,

Figure 6 is a plan View of theclosed end of the closure cap for the pull chain attachment loop of the clampin ring.

Referring to the drawings, the reference letters 10 and 11 designate two identically shaped members, preferably made from a t p nt ma erial such as e s'or the like, andgof. plano convex orsemirspherical form, substantially as shown.

These members. 10. and, 11. are to bearranged withJthei-r flat faces disposed in abutt ng relation at the opposite sides of a d sc 12, of, paper or othersimilar-material,

andclamped in such relation. by means. of a metal, clamp band or ring 13;.

f This band-or ring 13 isformed of. a. single length, of metahpneferably a strip of sheet metal. bentinto the required circular formation, toxencircle the abutted: portions of the members. orlenses 10-and,1,1', with its free endjslhent outwardly to provide; parallelportions or ears l iand 15 having openings therein, for the receptifin;v of a fasteningmember or boltf16, byl means of, which. the band is. tightened about the said lenses. The inner circumference of the band-or ring 13.betw.een the outwardly bent end portions 1 1 and 15 thereof is. grooved, as at 13, to snugly-engage the oppositely curved abutting edge portions ofthe members or lenses 10 and 11, whereby the latter are securely maintained in position.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, as illustrated, the angularly bent end portion or ear 14 is made longer than the portion or ear 15 and is bent to form a closed loop 17 with its free end disposed in abutting relation with the o'uter side of the opposite portion or ear 15, where it is engaged on and secured by the fastening or bolt 16. Formed in the outer end of the loop 17, and opening through one side thereof is a slotted opening 18 for the engagement therein of the free depending end of a flexible or other form ofpull chain or element 19 which has its extreme free end knotted or enlarged, as at 19, to prevent the same from disengaging from the loop under direct pulling strains to which the pendant is to be subjected. The lateral disengagement of the connected end of the pull chain or element 19 is prevented by means of a closure cap 20 having its outer closed end provided with an opening 20 through which the pull chain or element 19 is to be threaded prior to its attachment to the loop 17. After the attachment of the pull chain or element 19 to the loop 17 the cap 20 will be snugly fitted over the loop 17 to entirely close the same with the edge of its lower open end abutting the outer side of the clamping band or ring 13 for the purpose;

abutted flat faces of the members or lenses and 11, is preferably formed with a cutout portion 12, of a fanciful design, as for instance, in representation of a crescent moon. When the disc 12, which is preferably opaque, is adhered to the fiat face of one'of the lenses, this recessed or c'utout portion 12, is filled with a paste made from radium powder or the like, so that in the darkness, only the moon portion will be illuminated. However, a plain or uncut circular disc 12 may be employed, if desired,

and, in this instance, the same, in its entirety, will be impregnated with an ordinary thereof a lateral slotway for reception there commercial radium substance or other suitable light emitting compound, whereby the light emanations therefrom will be projected through of a pull chain, a luminous body carried in said frame, and a bolt passed through said ears for clamping said frame over said body.

2. A pull chain pendant comprising a frame formed of a single channeled band of looped configuration, projecting ends on said frame disposed in abutting parallel relation through a portion of their length, one of saidends being longer than the other and curved to form a hook thereover, the bend of said hook having a lateral slotway therein for reception of a pull chain therethrough, a luminous body seated in the channel of said frame, and a bolt passed through the parallel portions of said ends for clamping said frame peripherally over said body.

, 3. A pull chain pendant comprising a frame formed of a split annular band having laterally'projecting parallel ends one of which is longer than the other and bent to form a hook thereover, a luminous body in said frame, said hook having a lateral slotway therein for reception therethrough of a pull chain'to dispose the knob terminal of the chain beneath the bend of the hook, means for clamping said frame on said body, and means on said chain for preventing its lateiral dislodgment from the slotway in said WILLIAM E. SWANSON. 

